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  1. #include<stdio.h>
  2. #include<unistd.h>
  3. main()
  4. {
  5. 	int signal;
  6. 	int pid;
  7. 	printf("\nhi i am parent process i am going to create a child\n");
  8. 	pid=fork();
  9. 	if(pid==0)
  10. 	{
  11. 		printf("\nhi i am child process. i am going to jump to a different parent process\n");
  12. 		execl("/bin/ls","ls","-l",NULL);
  13. 	}
  14. 	else if(pid>0)
  15. 	{
  16. 		printf("\nhi i am parent. i will wait for my child to complete\n");
  17. 		wait(&signal);
  18. 		printf("\ni got signal=%d so my child jumped to another process. i am exiting\n",signal);
  19. 	}
  20. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 5280KB
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14312 Oct 29 17:42 prog

hi i am parent process i am going to create a child

hi i am parent. i will wait for my child to complete

i got signal=0 so my child jumped to another process. i am exiting
https://ideone.com/O91uem
language:
C (gcc 8.3)
created:
2 days ago
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